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Spa 6-laner moves to Bedburg
gabe2001 - 14-11-2009 at 09:49

Hey Guys, preliminary post of the activities around moving the Spa wooden track from Alsdorf to Bedburg. For now just the pics as Marcel & Stefan Kuhn and myself are en route to Bedburg to continue with pulling out the damaged braids...
-g


Alvaro - 16-11-2009 at 19:21

I hope enjoy again whith this fantastic track .

Thank`s for the job.:coke:


R-win - 17-11-2009 at 18:39

Hoi Gabriël,

When do you expect the track to be operational?
Any chance before februari?:D

Be aware that you have taken an awesome responsiblity by doing this building job.
Only this track can seduce the WEAM Team to leave there Heitelân.
So, our state of happiness is in your hands.
Take good care of it;).


gabe2001 - 18-11-2009 at 15:24

well - more volunteers are always welcome - there's still a ton to be done...

Btw - has anyone a good tip or trick on how to splice braids. This is to make it longer where they had to be cut for taking the track segments apart. I'm thinking of cutting them at an angle of about 45 degrees, pushing the two braid ends into each other (goes in for about 0.5 to 1 mm), placing the whole thing up-side down into a heat resistant rail with the exact width of the braid and pressing a really hot iron onto the joining part. I have tried it without any rail and the soldering isn't very smooth - subsequent sanding by hand or dremel would be required. I'd like to avoid that extra step as it already is a hell of a job.
Of course, if we had plenty of money we would rip out all the braids...

-g


sloefspeed - 22-11-2009 at 23:42

Gabe,

you don't need to rip all of the braids off....
I know a workaround which requires only about 15 cm of new braid per connection to be redone... that is let's say 15 x 2 braids x 6 lanes = 180 cm per track segment connection...
And it would be a lot less work to do, the final result will be much better than the method you are thinking about, and as a bonus, it allows for eventually later taking the track apart without all of the hassle. It's too long to explain in this message, but don't hesitate to contact me....

VBR

Raymond


tamar - 23-11-2009 at 11:02

Hello Raymond

Saw that Bjorn is going to Charleroi this weekend, will you be there as well?
Maybe we can talk there?


sloefspeed - 24-11-2009 at 09:39

Hi Tamar,

I will be there, probably not for the whole day, but sure we'll find some time to talk

VBR

Raymond


Gert - 26-11-2009 at 22:22

Hey Gabe

if you give me your dates when your in Bedburg, I'll try to be there also to
take a bit of work out of your hands


Gert


Calsonic - 16-1-2010 at 08:12

Hello!
Is the Spa 6-laner in Bedburg nearing completion ?


gabe2001 - 22-1-2010 at 16:46

sorry for the late reply - no update yet - nothing has been done since we were there last year in November...


Big Al - 2-3-2010 at 05:41

:cry:
Sad news on the IMCA site about the Spa track.. Exact problem we have in SA. Floorspace is premium.. Bummer..

Big Al


gabe2001 - 19-9-2010 at 17:07

The good people of 1A Slotpiste (http://www.1a-slotpiste.de/) are the new proud owners of the spectacular Spa track. Here some pictures from it's 3rd move: http://www.1a-slotpiste.de/bilder/2010/Spa_Bahn_Heimerzheim/

Keep checking their site for updates!

cheers,
-g


Whitemouse - 20-9-2010 at 19:49

Great news!! Can't wait to run on that track again!!


Alvaro - 21-9-2010 at 08:43

:bounc::bounc: I hope race again in this fantastic track.


Zmachine - 21-9-2010 at 11:21

Hey Gabe,

2 very good news in fact...
Spa is in a safety place under well care :holy
1A Slopiste is as close as 1 hour from Liège :bounc::car::bounc:

Friendly regards,
Philippe - Zmachine TM


gabe2001 - 30-10-2010 at 23:52

with Gruppe 5 race on Monday, Nov. 1st.

Here's the car I'll be racing together with Alex and Fola

cheers,
-gabe

From BMW Gr. 5 Spa


fola - 6-11-2010 at 00:18

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_HVXpioAx2SY/TM9KHP7HFAI/AAAAAAAAFbo/-cI1JeZEKEg/s1280/P1040623.jpg


fola - 6-11-2010 at 00:19

SPA


iceracer - 10-11-2010 at 04:38

Looks like a great space to have what is arguably the best model car track in the world.
I still smile when I think of the brief time I had on that track. My wife even thought it was cool. I want to move to Europe :)

Terry